No Deal!
ByIn the famous words of Charles Dickens, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” That’s sort of the feeling I have today. Watching the stock market fall certainly was no fun. But witnessing the preservation of American freedom was kinda nice.
Did you catch the partisan bickering on Capital Hill? Nancy Pelosi started the day with a bitterly partisan speech. Not exactly the best way to win favor or move people over to your side. The Democrats were quick to blame Republicans for the bill’s failure. They forgot to mention the 95 Democrats who voted against the bill.
Democrats control Congress, why did they need Republicans to go along with them? If they wanted this bill passed it should have been easy. They even had 65 Republican votes to help them along. Where was Barack Obama, the leader of the Democratic Party? Why wasn’t he in Washington, lobbying members of his own party to vote for the bill?
I think the Dems may want to quiet down on this one.
Now it’s time to head back to the drawing board and come up with some free market solutions to this problem. They need more oversight (which the Democrats fought tooth and nail – watch this video from 2004) and accountability. Americans want to see those responsible for this mess investigated and punished, not rewarded.
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I can understand the angry comments from the right about Pelosi’s comments. Somehow I find it hard to stomach being called unpatriotic for representing their constituency. A constituency who by Biden’s estimation lacks patriotism because they don’t want to pay more taxes. In fact if every fiber of my being was against the bill and 8 to 1 calls and e-mails in my office said it was not what my constituency wanted it wouldn’t have taken that much.
But let’s get back to the real meat here. Pelosi couldn’t deliver 12 votes from her California Democrats (17 voted nay). Franks had enough no votes from Democrats on his committee to swing the vote and he couldn’t deliver them. The best they could do as the party in power is to blame the party that was dead set against it it in the first place.
Originally the Caucus of Republicans had 4 ayes. After McCain’s effort it was 61 votes higher. How many votes did Obama phone in?
The Democrats just blew it, and I too am glad they did.
Sure the markets will drop. Mortgage loans will be hard to get – that is you will have to actually have a job, a down payment and a good credit rating to get one. College loans will tighten up, or put another way students may have to work, study for scholarships, or maybe god forbid do a hitch in the service and get some veterans benefits. Small businesses will have to actually have a good business plan rather than a great power point presentation.
No I don’t think you can blame the Republicans for sticking with their ideology and their constituency. They were lucky to get the ayes they managed. I just think the Democrats have forgotten how to behave like the party in power and thought they’d be safe hiding behind Pelosi’s skirts. By the way she has really big ears, did you notice?
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Thanks, VA.